Public Event

On Wednesday 06 March 2024, The SHaME Project and Birkbeck’s Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Mental Health are hosting an online seminar on public engagement with lived experience research with Zara Asif and Dr Rhea Sookdeosingh, chaired by Dr Sarah Marks.

On 05 March 2024 SHaME is holding its final online event, a book launch for Challenging Conceptions: Children Born of Wartime Rape and Sexual Exploitation in collaboration with Tufts University.

On 20 February 2024, SHaME is hosting its final in person event, a book launch for Sophie Olson and Patricia Walsh’s The Flying Child: A Cautionary Fairy Tale for Adults.

On Wednesday 29 November 2023, SHaME will be hosting the premiere of documentary film, SHaME: Stories of Survival. The film, by Sophie MacCorquodale, features the stories of four survivors of sexual violence sharing their reflections on the aftercare they received. The screening will take place at Rich Mix Arts Centre and will be followed by a panel discussion and drinks reception.

On March 9th, SHaME will be celebrating the release of Emily Hunt’s new book, We Need to Talk: The Truth about Sexual Violence and My Fight for Justice, published by Mardle Books. Emily will be joined by a panel of speakers, including Alexandra Topping of The Guardian, barrister Dr Charlotte Proudman and SHaME’s Emma Yapp, for a conversation on the fault lines of a system and a society that is failing rape victims.

SHaME is collaborating with the V&A and Photoworks to create a programme of events in response to artist Laia Abril’s new exhibition at the Copeland Gallery, A History of Misogyny, Chapter Two: On Rape and Institutional Failure.